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[Rich!]

Keep your explicit one but dont broadcast thr ssid. My neighbor in austin used to not broadcast his ssid and named it "registered sex offender" so people wouldnt steal his internet beyond his normal security.

well, mine was "david ***** is a wanker" as one of the guys on our road is an absolute dick. He somehow worked out it was me. ah well.

edit: for reference, he almost wrote off my dad's 4x4 by crashing into it whilst drunk.

 

[timshundo]

Vita's version of this is extremely disappointing. It's the worst.

 

[darkness_s]

Nice. How fast is it, though?

 

[Rich!]

Nice. How fast is it, though?

I will test it, hang on

edit: well, it's alright I guess. 2.5 - 3MB/s. 30mb trailer for MM3D took 10 seconds. Also, it now shows up on My Computer:

 

[Symtendo]

So does mean that if I needed to clean the fridge I could store saves and such on my PC?

 

[Ryouji Gunblade]

Can they patch this in for the Wii U?

 

[Rich!]

Can they patch this in for the Wii U?

They have no reason to. Wii U has an easily accessible SD card slot.

 

[TheAngryMonkey]

I will test it, hang on

edit: well, it's alright I guess. 2.5 - 3MB/s. 30mb trailer for MM3D took 10 seconds. Also, it now shows up on My Computer:

You're basically maxing out your wifi depending on conditions. That's pretty good.

 

[Elija2]

firstly, it's too underpowered I guess. also there's no need. this is purely because removing the micro SD card from the N3DS is an absolute pain in the ass.

you have to unscrew the back panel, and then literally snap it off. It felt like I was going to break it in half.

Is it really too underpowered to do network sharing? How is that even possible?

I get that it's unnecessary on the old 3DS' but since they developed the feature they might as well give it to every 3DS owner.

 

[Rich!]

You're basically maxing out your wifi depending on conditions. That's pretty good.

awesome. It's definitely pretty quick.

 

[massoluk]

Wow, I have no idea it can do that. Neat.

 

[Matrix XII]

For a second I thought this thread was about Nintendo sharing user data with the FBI. :lol

Me too. Had to to re read the OP a couple times.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Nice feature for sure.

 

[Daniel Jackson]

Great feature. Should be no problem to implement this for the old 3DS as well I think. But they may want to keep this as a New 3DS exclusive

 

[$h@d0w]

How fast is the transfer and does it work on mac?

 

[Rich!]

How fast is the transfer and does it work on mac?

2.5 - 3MB/s, transferred a 30mb mp4 file in 10 seconds.

and I don't know if there is mac support. the 3DS menu only specifies windows 7 and 8.

 

[darkness_s]

I will test it, hang on

edit: well, it's alright I guess. 2.5 - 3MB/s. 30mb trailer for MM3D took 10 seconds. Also, it now shows up on My Computer:

That's pretty good actually!

2.5 - 3MB/s, transferred a 30mb mp4 file in 10 seconds.

and I don't know if there is mac support. the 3DS menu only specifies windows 7 and 8.

I would guess that it's an SMB share and it seems that OS X is compatible with that.

 

[jblank83]

My New Nintendo 3DS (well, the SD at least) is now a network storage device. I can transfer any file types back and forth, and I never have to remove the SD card again. I can even set the thing as a network drive!

That's really nice. Thanks for the info.

 

[ElectricKaibutsu]

I didn't know this. Very cool.

 

[blu]

merely a different protocol, the communication is the same regardless.

Xbox360 is a DLNA DMS? I thought it was just a DMP.

Regardless, DLNA (DMS for the serving party) is a quasi filesystem. The network fs sharing protocols (NFS, SMB, etc) are actual filesystems, and sometimes even more. Saying that those things are 'merely different protocols' is a bit of an oversimplification.

 

[duckroll]

Wow this is a pretty cool feature. Didn't really expect anything like that from Nintendo, but when I get one, it'll definitely be useful for quick data transfer.

 

[LOLDSFAN]

Considering you have to unscrew the back of the 3DS every time you want to access the card, I'm glad they added this.

 

[NewGame]

I tried to set it up just now. I can't seem to get it to work. I have a wireless router with a laptop plugged into it via ethernet but I can't see the 3DS anywhere even when I set it all up and sit at the SD card management screen.

Any help?

EDIT: Ahah! Okay so you need to wait a while for it to show up, I also had to move a bit closer to the router.

 

[Man God]

You have to use Content Manager Assistant, but you've been able to wireless transfer data from Vita to PC/PS3 for a while now.

Worst piece of software Sony has ever made. It's horrible to work with.

 

[dwuu]

This is super awesome !

I love love podcasting on the nintendo 3ds, so everything being wireles is awesome !!!

 

[MCN]

Worst piece of software Sony has ever made.

There's some strong competition in that category. Sony and PC software should never mix.

 

[wsippel]

You have to Sony's Content Manager software on PC/Mac, though.

but I think the New 3DS stuff apparently only works on Windows, which is kind of a bummer.

If it's just a network share, it should work on any operating system.

 

[Brianâ˜]

Ooo. I can transfer all my music now! Defs, nice feature.

 

[protomouse]

but I think the New 3DS stuff apparently only works on Windows, which is kind of a bummer.

If it's SMB/CIFS, it should work across all platforms that have an implementation (which most do).

 

[Zevenberge]

This... might just be the hidden system seller to me. Transferring pictures and files always was a pain.

 

[kitsuneyo]

and I don't know if there is mac support. the 3DS menu only specifies windows 7 and 8.

OS X can usually see Windows shares, I expect it should work fine on a Mac. Connected to Windows computers via home network plenty of times on mine.

 

[K-A-Deman]

Content manager app

You have to use Content Manager Assistant, but you've been able to wireless transfer data from Vita to PC/PS3 for a while now.

I've never had to plug my Vita onto my computer yet I can backup saves, transfer games back and fourth no worries to both my PC/Mac. Sure it needs an application on your computer but the functionality has still been there from day one.

Two of them learned that in the time since we talked, and one had his mind blown open. Good job Gaf, mission accomplished.

 

[mclem]

yeah, I had a far more explicit one before, but the neighbours complained

How did they know to blame you?

 

[Rich!]

How did they know to blame you?

Personal feud with one of the neighbours. My SSID called him a wanker.

 

[Platy]

That's an awesome wifi name, congrats

 

[killatopak]

Vita has it.

 

[Rich!]

Vita has it.

Not the same. It's transfer through an app, not being set as a network drive.

The N3DS is essentially no different to my Western Digital network HDD. I can throw any file type I want onto it!

 

[Nicktendo86]

First fruits of merging console and handheld teams? Expecting a really slick os for the next console.

 

[Rich!]

Bump for those who are still unaware of this feature.

 

[Incitemaybe]

I had forgotten about this thread. Thanks for the bump!

I hope we get a new thread that collates all the information we have about the new 3DS

 

[Chopper]

Is there a way to get my new 3DS to register on my Android phone (or iPad?!)? Might be a silly question, but I would really like to be able to transfer screenshots over.

 

[Rich!]

Is there a way to get my new 3DS to register on my Android phone (or iPad?!)? Might be a silly question, but I would really like to be able to transfer screenshots over.

I havent tried it, will do at some point.

 

[Chopper]

I havent tried it, will do at some point.

Let me know how you get on!

 

[AmaterasuOkami076]

Surprisingly great feature. I'll be using this a lot.

 

[LegendOfFalcon]

Wow this is a really cool feature. Is it always working in the background, only when at the main menu, or do you have to enable it every time you want to make a transfer? This could be useful to automate backing up your SD card to your PC/NAS periodically.

 

[Madao]

i never looked into this since my n3DS LL is japanese and i can't read shit.

 

[Rich!]

Wow this is a really cool feature. Is it always working in the background, only when at the main menu, or do you have to enable it every time you want to make a transfer? This could be useful to automate backing up your SD card to your PC/NAS periodically.

Only when you go into the sd management option. As soon as you do that, it is recognized as a network drive on the PC

 

[deltatheta]

Is there a way to get my new 3DS to register on my Android phone (or iPad?!)? Might be a silly question, but I would really like to be able to transfer screenshots over.

You would need an app. The protocol that is being used is SMB (less commonly known as CIFS). If you search for that in the various app stores, you should find some stuff that will work.

 

[LegendOfFalcon]

Only when you go into the sd management option. As soon as you do that, it is recognized as a network drive on the PC

Ah okay thanks. Then it should be possible to semi-automate backups when the network drive becomes available, so still very useful.

 

[Palette Swap]

That's a great feature. Good idea to bump this thread.
On the network side, did they also get rid of that silly limit of being able to remember only 3 wireless networks?

Is there a way to get my new 3DS to register on my Android phone (or iPad?!)? Might be a silly question, but I would really like to be able to transfer screenshots over.

On the iPad side, that's very doubtful on a non-jailbroken device as you'd need some kind of file manager.
Edit: well, my bad. I always tend to underestimate what Apple natively allows.